What's your creative superpower?
Find out what makes you a unique creative
The creative industry is a crowded place. There are multiple micro-specialisations and cross-discipline roles out there. I’m not here to talk about them. What I want to focus on is your own special kind of creative power.
Living a creative life
Creativity is a well. It’s an energy that bleeds into your entire life. It’s nearly impossible to have a creative job and not be interested in other creative areas. I personally love the Arts, interior design and literature. They are not my full time job, and I’m no expert in any of these. But I enjoy learning about them, going to exhibitions, reading or trying things out. Creativity can have more than one outlet. It’s in everything you do.
Billions of ways to be creative
This is something it took me a while to realise: I’m a creative problem solver. I look at life, through the same lens, I would any creative brief. From cooking dinner to fixing a light bulb, everything I approach, I do so in the same way. I research, I plan, I experiment and try things out. Then I iterate. And iterate again.
In my years in the creative industry, I found out that everyone has their own unique creative energy. No other creative thinks the way you do. And that’s what makes you unique.
Exercise: find your superpower(s)
Now you may try to think back and figure out what it is. It takes time to find it. Or you may know it already. I’d like to share an exercise with you. It helped me figure out my own creative superpower.
Take a few post-it notes (or open your notebook on a blank page).
Think about words that describe you as a creative. Are you confident, dependable, organised, inspiring, energising, rational, curious, adaptable, visionary? Write as many as you can think of.
Now, take a look at all the words. Which two stand out to you the most? They might be the two that describe you best, or they might be the two that describe the creative you aspire to become.
Those are your superpower. They are your unique creative energy. And no one else approaches creativity the way you do. Even if you haven’t fully occupied the space of what those words truly mean yet, the important part is owning them.
So tomorrow, and every day after that, ask yourself “am I really embodying my creative superpower?”
Wrap up
🎨 Refik Anadol uses AI to create Machine Hallucinations, an ongoing exploration of data aesthetics based on collective visual memories of space, nature, and urban environments.
🍏 Really excited for Apple’s Vision Pro, and the future possibilities of a computer in real space.
🌈 On world news, Greece legalises same sex marriage, becoming the first Christian orthodox majority country to do so (and for once, I’m proud).